Nature
Discover articles and videos in Nature
Genomics Has Revealed An Age Undreamed Of
https://www.palladiummag.com/2023/11/17/genomics-has-revealed-an-age-undreamed-of • 16+ min
On June 26, 2000, President Bill Clinton announced the completion of the draft of the human genome at a press conference with the two project leads, Francis Collins and J. Craig Venter. A genome is…
What is life? | Nobel Prize-winner Paul Nurse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EwVBC3VsRA
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Paul Nurse defines the 5 core principles of life.Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukT...
‘We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/28/plastic-eating-bacteria-enzyme-recycling-waste • 19+ min
The long read: When a microbe was found munching on a plastic bottle in a rubbish dump, it promised a recycling revolution. Now scientists are attempting to turbocharge those powers in a bid to solve…
4.5 Billion Years in 1 Hour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7TUe5w6RHo
Learn more about how complex life evolved with our new, elaborately detailed Timeline of Evolution Poster. Available only on the kurzgesagt shop here: https:...
In a Fierce Desert, Microbe ‘Crusts’ Show How Life Tamed the Land
https://www.quantamagazine.org/in-a-fierce-desert-microbe-crusts-show-how-life-tamed-the-land-20230712 • 16+ min
Extreme microorganisms carpeting the Atacama Desert in Chile illuminate how life might have first taken hold on Earth’s surface.
The ‘alpha male’ myth, debunked
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inx2dMobzYs
Primatologist Frans de Waal inadvertently popularized the term ‘alpha male.’ Now, he’s debunking common stereotypes to explain what an ‘alpha male’ really is...
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25200875/image_1.jpg)
How crowded are the oceans? New maps show what flew under the radar until now
https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/3/24018797/ocean-maps-ai-satellite-imagery-radar-fishing-vessels-offshore-energy-wind-oil • 5 min
New maps show how much more crowded the sea is than previously known.
What if debt was written off to protect climate and nature?
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231212-what-if-the-world-cancelled-debt-for-climate-and-nature • 12+ min
From Barbados to Belize, nations are beginning to swap debt for action on climate and conservation. But how far can this help without deeper reform of the global financial system?
400-Million-Year-Old Fossil Upends Our Understanding of Fibonacci Spirals in Nature
https://www.sciencealert.com/400-million-year-old-fossil-upends-our-understanding-of-fibonacci-spirals-in-nature • 3 min
If your eyes have ever been drawn to the arrangement of leaves on a plant stem, the texture of a pineapple, or the scales of a pinecone, then you have unknowingly witnessed brilliant examples of…
Herds of Mysterious ‘Glacier Mice’ Baffle Scientists
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/herds-of-glacier-mice-baffle-scientists • 4 min
These moss balls move in unison, and researchers are okay with not knowing why.
Scientists bioengineer plants to have an animal-like immune system
https://bigthink.com/life/scientists-bioengineer-plants-animal-like-immune-system • 3 min
Evolution is in a perpetual cycle of churning out new pathogens. Luckily for us humans and many other animals, we have a very advanced immune system — known as the adaptive immune system — that allows…
Scientists will unleash an army of crabs to help save Florida’s dying reef
https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/2023/9/27/23883039/florida-coral-reef-caribbean-king-crabs-restoration • 6 min
Not all heroes wear capes. Some are crabs.
One Swedish zoo, seven escaped chimpanzees
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/05/one-swedish-zoo-seven-escaped-chimpanzees • 20+ min
The long read: When the great apes at Furuvik Zoo broke free from their enclosure last winter, the keepers faced a terrible choice. This is the story of the most dramatic 72 hours of their lives
In Defense of the Rat
https://hakaimagazine.com/features/in-defense-of-the-rat • 20+ min
Rats are less pestilent and more lovable than we think. Can we learn to live with them?
Invisible Landscapes
https://orionmagazine.org/article/interstitium-scientific-discovery-anatomy • 9 min
This essay is a companion piece to an episode of Radiolab, titled The Interstitium. You don’t need to have heard it for this essay to make sense, but
How to Protect Species and Save the Planet—at Once
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-protect-species-and-save-the-planet-at-once
A major new report calls on humanity to tackle the biodiversity and climate crises simultaneously. Here's what that might look like.
The best science images of 2023
https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-023-03872-z
Cosmic dust, microscopic syrup, a flying gecko and more.
/https%3A%2F%2Ftf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffiler_public%2F32%2F35%2F32358e9e-86b9-4df3-84c8-b248df5cd6a5%2Fgettyimages-155790644_web.jpg)
How Roads Have Transformed the Natural World
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-roads-have-transformed-the-natural-world-180982809 • 7 min
A brief history of road ecology, the scientific discipline that is helping us understand our impact on the environment and how to diminish it